This weird object could be the first moon detected outside our solar system—but it's not that simple
It circles a 'failed star' like a moon would. But scientists aren't quite sure what to call it.
Published: 1 day ago | By Ankita Garkoti
What are gamma-ray bursts? Scientists make milestone findings on cosmos' most energetic events
The afterglow of the study's subject, GRB 260310A, was one of the brightest observed in a decade.
Published: 2 days ago | By Pranjal Nath
Astronomers just mapped a galaxy cluster's magnetic field for the first time—here’s what they found
To map the entire cluster for this novel survey, the team spent 224 hours collecting radio images.
Published: 3 days ago | By Ankita Garkoti
Scientists discover nearby super-Earth is leaking helium into space, revealing its atmosphere
The researchers think that the planet has hosted its atmosphere for over 3 billion years, which makes it a compelling target for future studies.
Published: 4 days ago | By Biplab Das
NASA's Hubble and Webb spot the first of a star cluster's 10,000 missing black holes
The black hole, dubbed oMEGACat BH-2, has a visible star companion that orbits it every 94 years, making the duo the longest-period black hole binary ever detected.
Published: Jul 14, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
NASA's IXPE measures pulsar's magnetic fields in distant Lighthouse Nebula for the first time
While confirming long-held theories of how pulsar trails work, the findings raise new questions.
Published: Jul 10, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
Scientists discover organic molecules in the ruins of a massive supernova explosion
The organic molecules were found within dense cocoons of gas surrounding newborn stars.
Published: Jul 10, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Newly discovered quasars, as bright as a trillion Suns, are offering a glimpse of the early universe
The quasars date back to a time when the universe was only 670 million years old.
Published: Jul 7, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's Chandra finds two of the Milky Way's arms are 10% farther than we thought
This small correction could make us rethink how massive our galaxy actually is.
Published: Jul 6, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Rare, long-lasting black hole outburst is giving scientists a better look at the early universe
"We are dealing with the prototype of a new class of galaxies that undergo rapid changes in radio emission."
Published: Jul 6, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
New James Webb Space Telescope data challenges one of dark matter's strongest pieces of evidence
Hidden stars, not hidden matter, might explain this decades-old mystery.
Published: Jul 4, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Scientists find potentially habitable Earth-like planet not too far from our own solar neighborhood
The planet is being described as our "next-door neighbor."
Updated: Jul 6, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA's TESS telescope found a planet 40,000 light-years away and it wasn't even looking for it
"When TESS launched, no one expected it to ever be capable of finding this kind of planet."
Published: Jul 2, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Scientists discover a rare Neptune-sized exoplanet that leaves a mark on its host star
The planet transfer its magnetic energy into the outer atmosphere of its star.
Published: Jul 1, 2026 | By Biplab Das
Scientists witness a black hole's point of no return for the first time ever
The event horizon of a black hole should be virtually impossible to study, yet an international team of researchers figured out a way.
Published: Jun 30, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Astronomers confirm long-held suspicion, find star-forming fuel in early universe
This discovery provides important insights into how the first galaxies in the early universe grew so massive.
Published: Jun 29, 2026 | By Biplab Das
ESA's Euclid took the most detailed photo ever of the Milky Way's core—and made a surprising discovery
Euclid captured more than 60 million stars, with nebulas and star clusters, and planets among them.
Published: Jun 26, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti
Hubble sees starlight from a galaxy just 1.4 billion years after the Big Bang—what did it reveal?
Tightly clustered young stars in an ancient galaxy ionized the early universe's opaque gas.
Published: Jun 26, 2026 | By Biplab Das
NASA’s TESS mission finds two rare exoplanets with density like that of cotton candy
The two exoplanets, roughly the size of Jupiter, are located 1,113 light-years away from Earth.
Published: Jun 26, 2026 | By Pranjal Nath
NASA's James Webb cuts through dust to reveal 16.5 million never-before-seen stars in Cigar Galaxy
Prior observations of M82 were unable to peer through the haze. Here's what James Webb Space Telescope found.
Published: Jun 24, 2026 | By Ankita Garkoti